[ There's no hesitation: the guards die. Hua Cheng has no mercy and no patience, and if they live, they call reinforcements. Mob and Ange are moving after Izumo already, once they're up, anyways, so he's more than willing to run them through in the pile with his sword.
Onwards, following the children, once he's finished with that. Good luck us not running into anyone else. ]
given that ange is suffering from a concussion, mob is preoccupied with the tablet, hc is behind them, and dice gave me a 5 previously... yeah. izumo's going to walk right into the bot. she had no spatial awareness about her, okay? everything hurt and she's just doing her best. just following glowy sword and ignoring how everything around them is going to crap.
( they should really get the fuck out of this place but at the same time... )
[ Oh, well. That sure is a terrible bot to walk into. Slightly different from the others in both shape and size, more of a half sphere with a head and with cables to give more range to its spiky appendages, this bot wastes no time when it notices Izumo, firing it off a more powerful purple laser straight at her leg. It'll, uh. Go through! It scarcely misses the bone, but someone isn't walking on that anymore.
It seems to hone in on the sword in her hand and reaches for it, so maybe the other three will have more of a shot? ]
[Mob is a good boy. Ange... does not want to deal with that thing at all, so she's not going to attack it. It's a giant robot and she's a schoolgirl, what do you want from her?
So, while Mob is helping Izumo, and Mob's dinosaur is distracting the thing, Ange is going to try to hurry to their sides as well to help support Izumo from the other side.
Since I rolled a critical fail this time finally, though, Ange doesn't get there at all before the robot thing swipes at her with its spiky appendages and sends her tumbling.
Whoops!
At least she was sent tumbling, like, down the hallway towards where they have to go.]
[ Goodbye, Ange. Hua Cheng watches her go tumbling, but at least she's out of the direct line of danger - and Mob's providing an extra distraction, with his raptor. He seems to have Izumo, too, and they can't let their attention get split in fifty directions, so he'll focus on hopefully getting rid of the robot.
He sees the robot reaching for the sword. Considering they kind of need that, he's going to follow the raptor and its distraction to get in the way of that reaching hand. Does it put him directly in the line of fire for that earlier low roll? Yes. Does he care? No, he's not going to let this shitty hunk of metal be what takes him out for good.
He takes his saber, regardless of what damage the robot does, and goes to take its head off its half-sphere body. ]
[ maybe there's something a but surreal about having a lazer blast right through your leg and then looking down and seeing a hole where tissue should be (is that her bone), but izumo's just going to be at a loss for words as she looks at her leg for a whole ass moment.
does she even notice the pain? who knows. adrenaline is probably keeping her from going into shock right now, let's be real. but good job mob...let... let a girl have some time to mentally recover from seeing this. which is to say that it's a VERY GOOD thing that hc dispatches(?) the robot because she doesn't even realize that it was honing in on the sword.
someone wanna carry her across to the finish line? the death grip she has on the handle of the sword is not going to loosen any time soon. ...and apparently we're so close. ]
[ [pikachu voice] this is copyright infringement. Anyway, the velociraptor is a GREAT distraction for the robot, which saves Ange from getting a lazer after being thrown halfway across the hall and crashing into a wall. It does not save her from being thrown, though, and the good news is, she's still conscious from that despite the clear concussion! The bad news is, she is still conscious when she hits the wall directly with her shoulder and arm with a loud crack. The shoulder bone connects to the... hm, to the nothing, it looks like, going by how her arm dangles immediately. Ow.
At least Mob gets Izumo out of the way? He is no longer jacked, but he can drag her out of the way at least. Probably.
Speaking of ouch owie booboos, the kiguciraptor might distract the robot from lasering Ange, but HC running at it means he might dodge the main fire of the laser but the eyepatch side of his face (left?) and part of his hair gets hit with the weaker part of the laser. "how does that work" listen the important thing is the robot is scarring up his face and burning off his hair like it was using a light saber instead of a laser because i want it, don't @ me. HC isn't stopped by simple things like Pain, though, and so he lops off the head, effectively shutting down the robot. Y...ay?
the kiguciraptor doesn't get hurt because i'd be sad
Izumo's sword is pointing them to a nearby room. Or, well, nearby to Ange's thrown body, and so Ange will be the first to notice the absolute chaos of the room. There's an odd looking portal-like device currently turned on, electricity crackling out of it as the ground shakes and wind picks up from it. Items are levitating. Things are breaking.
There doesn't seem to be anyone there, but getting through the room might still be a problem. ]
[Mob would be sad, too. Be kind to kiguraptor. Anyway, hurrying as much as he can, still limping on his own leg and trying to help Izumo. He's going to try to shoot off one more message on the tablet if he can, too, just in case.
Let's go into that room and head for the portal! Maybe. . . the tablet has an app that shuts off the horrible lightning?]
[It is a miracle she's still conscious, but no time to think about that! Ange pushes herself up grimly, has to trust that HC can fend for himself, and staggers after Mob and Izumo into the room.
This is a nightmare!
She's going to try to cross the room and head for the portal anyway!]
Also it's the right side. And, for aesthetic purposes, goodbye a chunk of his hair - and also his eyepatch. But there's not any time to worry about the fact that there's an ugly scar under there like someone dug the eye out with very little finesse, because Ange is heading off and Mob is trying to drag Izumo away. ]
Shigeo. [ Hua Cheng comes over to take Izumo from him, because she weighs as much as a piece of paper to him and with Mob's ribs and leg she's probably a, ah, dead weight. ] I've got her. Get after Ange, let's go.
[ What terrible things await them in this room, as they follow with a blackened armful of Izumo! ]
[ if you think she has any real commentary or complaints about being picked up like this, then you'd be mistaken. she has no bite in her left when it comes to being helped. one of her (fore)arms is broken and now there's a hole in her leg. nah, izumo is going to let herself be carried like a good girl.
the only thing that she'll make sure to be aware enough to do is keep them all on the right path as she makes triply sure that where they're going is where the sword is pointing them to. ...which, uh, with the portal-thing on and making everything in the room look like it's going to hell.
...not exactly comforting. she still will have her wits (mostly) about her and she'll take a look around the room and hope that there's something to indicate what they could do with everything that is before them. sure things are all floaty and things are breaking but!!!!
[ The tablet does not have an app to shut down the lightning, Mob, and in fact holding a metal object when there is lightning in a room is a bad idea. It's a good thing he sent the message to his phs because that tablet is getting zapped. someone save him
The sword stops glowing once they get near the portal room, though the inside storm only seems to pick up its pace. Glass shatters around them as scientific looking objects slam into walls and the floor around them. Metal desks and tables are also floating and being slammed around. Between that and the lightning, it's a complete miracle Ange crosses the room nearly unscathed; only a few cuts from loose glass shards aesthetically on her face. It's for the drama.
HC and Izumo are behind a bit, and since Izumo is looking, she might notice a large lever switch near the portal. Which. Would be dramatic to reach except Ange did it by rolling an eighteen. Hilarious. ]
[Hua Cheng is still not his dad, but he feels pretty terrible, and he trusts him a little more by now, so he'll get no protests from him. He definitely gets zapped, but drops the tablet to the ground, so maybe the damage isn't that bad.
He - is pretty used to walking through rooms where all the objects are getting floated and thrown around, but usually he's the cause. This is - hmm. He'll just wait for Ange to pull the level I guess?]
This stupid miracle, ruining all tension at the end of this CYOA.
Regardless, it is a legitimate miracle she makes it across, but Ange carries gamely on, keeping her head down and with one arm dangling uselessly at her side. She only needs one arm though to pull the lever! Since it's right by the lever, I'm assuming she sees it the moment she pauses to glance around to see how the rest of her party is doing.
Imagine if both of her arms had been broken in this moment. Hilarious.
[ Nothing like a good ol' CYOA to get you to bond and fast track some CR, huh.
Hua Cheng handles Izumo carefully, at least, and keeps close watch of Mob and Ange both as they come into the chaos of the room. How the hell Ange makes it across the room, he doesn't know. A true miracle of some higher power having mercy on her - it's totally still tense, because they don't quite know what's going to wind up happening, do they.
... wisely, after seeing Mob get shocked with the tablet, he's going to drop his saber for now. If they wind up needing it, he'll pick it back up again. ]
[ hopefully, despite the lighting being attracted to metal, it won't be attracted to her sword? but than that, she's vibing while being carried and making sure that the lever is all that needs to be noticed in this room. it's the last time they'll be here and now she can stop being hyper-focused on leading them out this hellscape?
anything on the ceilings? notes stubbornly pinned down? look, she has a reason to want to soak in as much details as she can gather from all of this place. but also!! please let this lever do the trick. ]
[ Well, the good news is, Ange pulls the lever (kronk) and everything stops. The lightning, the portal, the glow, even the ominous world breaking behind them. It all just... stops. Everything is quiet.
Of course, then there's a bright light as everything is blown away when the portal explodes, their surrounding turning white as none of them can hear anything anymore. They will be blown back all the way to the northern area! They will literally show up like that to out of there. Possibly with some more damage from the explosion. Rip to Ange mostly since the others were more near the doorway.
They will see the silhouette of the winged lady as their vision whites out, and a second silhouette of three green eyes in the white? But I'm sure that's fine and normal. The good news is they get to keep their loot? Even the sabre HC put down. it was blown back with him.
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Ange is listing a little, but she's carrying on with grim determination nonetheless!
Onwards, following Izumo's sword. They're not dying yet, that's a win.]
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Onwards, following the children, once he's finished with that. Good luck us not running into anyone else. ]
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given that ange is suffering from a concussion, mob is preoccupied with the tablet, hc is behind them, and dice gave me a 5 previously... yeah. izumo's going to walk right into the bot. she had no spatial awareness about her, okay? everything hurt and she's just doing her best. just following glowy sword and ignoring how everything around them is going to crap.
( they should really get the fuck out of this place but at the same time... )
either way, hello bot-kun. ]
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It seems to hone in on the sword in her hand and reaches for it, so maybe the other three will have more of a shot? ]
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[He'll stop messing with the tablet and instead. . .
Velociraptor, I choose you! He's going to send out his sweet raptor in a dino kigu to fight the bots. I should have remembered this much earlier.]
Help her!
[He's going to try to grab her to pull her out of the way while the bot is distracted by the others hopefully.]
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So, while Mob is helping Izumo, and Mob's dinosaur is distracting the thing, Ange is going to try to hurry to their sides as well to help support Izumo from the other side.
Since I rolled a critical fail this time finally, though, Ange doesn't get there at all before the robot thing swipes at her with its spiky appendages and sends her tumbling.
Whoops!
At least she was sent tumbling, like, down the hallway towards where they have to go.]
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He sees the robot reaching for the sword. Considering they kind of need that, he's going to follow the raptor and its distraction to get in the way of that reaching hand. Does it put him directly in the line of fire for that earlier low roll? Yes. Does he care? No, he's not going to let this shitty hunk of metal be what takes him out for good.
He takes his saber, regardless of what damage the robot does, and goes to take its head off its half-sphere body. ]
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does she even notice the pain? who knows. adrenaline is probably keeping her from going into shock right now, let's be real. but good job mob...let... let a girl have some time to mentally recover from seeing this. which is to say that it's a VERY GOOD thing that hc dispatches(?) the robot because she doesn't even realize that it was honing in on the sword.
someone wanna carry her across to the finish line? the death grip she has on the handle of the sword is not going to loosen any time soon. ...and apparently we're so close. ]
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At least Mob gets Izumo out of the way? He is no longer jacked, but he can drag her out of the way at least. Probably.
Speaking of ouch owie booboos, the kiguciraptor might distract the robot from lasering Ange, but HC running at it means he might dodge the main fire of the laser but the eyepatch side of his face (left?) and part of his hair gets hit with the weaker part of the laser. "how does that work" listen the important thing is the robot is scarring up his face and burning off his hair like it was using a light saber instead of a laser because i want it, don't @ me. HC isn't stopped by simple things like Pain, though, and so he lops off the head, effectively shutting down the robot. Y...ay?
the kiguciraptor doesn't get hurt because i'd be sad
Izumo's sword is pointing them to a nearby room. Or, well, nearby to Ange's thrown body, and so Ange will be the first to notice the absolute chaos of the room. There's an odd looking portal-like device currently turned on, electricity crackling out of it as the ground shakes and wind picks up from it. Items are levitating. Things are breaking.
There doesn't seem to be anyone there, but getting through the room might still be a problem. ]
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Let's go into that room and head for the portal! Maybe. . . the tablet has an app that shuts off the horrible lightning?]
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This is a nightmare!
She's going to try to cross the room and head for the portal anyway!]
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Also it's the right side. And, for aesthetic purposes, goodbye a chunk of his hair - and also his eyepatch. But there's not any time to worry about the fact that there's an ugly scar under there like someone dug the eye out with very little finesse, because Ange is heading off and Mob is trying to drag Izumo away. ]
Shigeo. [ Hua Cheng comes over to take Izumo from him, because she weighs as much as a piece of paper to him and with Mob's ribs and leg she's probably a, ah, dead weight. ] I've got her. Get after Ange, let's go.
[ What terrible things await them in this room, as they follow with a blackened armful of Izumo! ]
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the only thing that she'll make sure to be aware enough to do is keep them all on the right path as she makes triply sure that where they're going is where the sword is pointing them to. ...which, uh, with the portal-thing on and making everything in the room look like it's going to hell.
...not exactly comforting. she still will have her wits (mostly) about her and she'll take a look around the room and hope that there's something to indicate what they could do with everything that is before them. sure things are all floaty and things are breaking but!!!!
sword is the key? yes? ]
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The sword stops glowing once they get near the portal room, though the inside storm only seems to pick up its pace. Glass shatters around them as scientific looking objects slam into walls and the floor around them. Metal desks and tables are also floating and being slammed around. Between that and the lightning, it's a complete miracle Ange crosses the room nearly unscathed; only a few cuts from loose glass shards aesthetically on her face. It's for the drama.
HC and Izumo are behind a bit, and since Izumo is looking, she might notice a large lever switch near the portal. Which. Would be dramatic to reach except Ange did it by rolling an eighteen. Hilarious. ]
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He - is pretty used to walking through rooms where all the objects are getting floated and thrown around, but usually he's the cause. This is - hmm. He'll just wait for Ange to pull the level I guess?]
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This stupid miracle, ruining all tension at the end of this CYOA.
Regardless, it is a legitimate miracle she makes it across, but Ange carries gamely on, keeping her head down and with one arm dangling uselessly at her side. She only needs one arm though to pull the lever! Since it's right by the lever, I'm assuming she sees it the moment she pauses to glance around to see how the rest of her party is doing.
Imagine if both of her arms had been broken in this moment. Hilarious.
Anyway she pulls the lever.]
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Hua Cheng handles Izumo carefully, at least, and keeps close watch of Mob and Ange both as they come into the chaos of the room. How the hell Ange makes it across the room, he doesn't know. A true miracle of some higher power having mercy on her - it's totally still tense, because they don't quite know what's going to wind up happening, do they.
... wisely, after seeing Mob get shocked with the tablet, he's going to drop his saber for now. If they wind up needing it, he'll pick it back up again. ]
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anything on the ceilings? notes stubbornly pinned down? look, she has a reason to want to soak in as much details as she can gather from all of this place. but also!! please let this lever do the trick. ]
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Of course, then there's a bright light as everything is blown away when the portal explodes, their surrounding turning white as none of them can hear anything anymore. They will be blown back all the way to the northern area! They will literally show up like that to out of there. Possibly with some more damage from the explosion. Rip to Ange mostly since the others were more near the doorway.
They will see the silhouette of the winged lady as their vision whites out, and a second silhouette of three green eyes in the white? But I'm sure that's fine and normal. The good news is they get to keep their loot? Even the sabre HC put down. it was blown back with him.
I was not kidding when I said y'all were close ]